Patent · US Expired

Method of operating a fuel injected engine

US6026792A · kind A · utility

3Cited by

9References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Outboard Marine Corporation · US

Inventors

Philip D. McDowell · Sullivan, US
Wolfram Hellmich · Munich, DE
Todd D. Craft · Pleasant Prairie, US
Christopher R. Irgens · Elm Grove, US
Wolfgang Heimberg · Ebersberg, DE
Francis A. McGinnity · Eglinton, GB
Gregory J. Binversie · Grayslake, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 20, 1997
Grant date	Feb 22, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 20, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/40
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of operating a two-stroke, spark-ignited, internal combustion engine in which the ignition is time-based controlled at low or idle speeds and is crank-angle-based controlled at higher speeds.

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